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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 20h

This is not the same blackout the system as blackout the system org which is a mass movement to shut down. This is shutting down corporate America for Christmas. And if it takes hold, which is very likely, it’s the first step towards the national one.

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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 18h

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 18h

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

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Eli 💜💚✊🏽 @elicitizen.bsky.social · 14h

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frannybananny.bsky.social @frannybananny.bsky.social · 1d

This should be Time Magazine’s 2025 Photo of the Year:

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 15h

Mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson calls for a general strike, at least 300,000 people attended the protest. #3E #NoKings #EndImpunity #EndOligarchy #EndAutogenocide #EpsteinFiles

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 19h

Well that didn't take long

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 20h

#WATCH | Netanyahu signals a retreat from the Gaza ceasefire agreement, stating that the war will not end and that the Rafah crossing will remain closed until his conditions are met: the return of all captives and bodies, the dismantling of Hamas rule, and the disarmament of Gaza.

(Gaza24Live)

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 16h

Please tell me a First Amendment lawyer is willing to step up here and defend this woman.

thekoolaidmom.bsky.social @thekoolaidmom.bsky.social · 22h

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16h

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

Screenshot of a post on X from Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s verified account. The post reads: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing. The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure. We await explanations from the US government.”

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CarpinSanDiego @carpinsandiego.com · 19h

Im dead 😂😂😂

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Eli 💜💚✊🏽 @elicitizen.bsky.social · 16h

For not caring at all, he seems to be very pissed. What a pathetic miniscule guy. #NoKings

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 18h

Trump's Truth Social account just posted this AI video of him flying a fighter jet that reads "King Trump."

AI Trump is wearing a crown while he dumps shit on protesters. He's such a pathetic little man.

Eli 💜💚✊🏽 @elicitizen.bsky.social · 20h

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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 1d

Found this video while explaining the Portland Frogs to someone. Enjoy!

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🕯️ Crowley Rae Jepsen 🕯️ @mags.colvett.online · 21h

Something maybe worth noting is that all the frog costumes and signs and good-natured memeing came about because a wide spectrum of Americans saw someone in direct, brave confrontation with ICE—getting pepperballed and standing their ground—and thought “that’s awesome. That person is a hero”

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20h

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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George Hahn @georgehahn.com · 20h

Today’s peaceful protests demonstrate even more conclusively that the real threats of violence have always come from the red team.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 21h

No Kings, Portland, Oregon

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 20h

Epically beautiful and also a bit scary and heartbreaking. We are on the precipice now of revolution or dictatorship. Those are the only jump offs. America largely made their choice today.

Already there are mass calls to cancel Christmas. A national grab your wallet, fuck the corps. It could work.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 21h

I have friends everywhere.
#NoKings

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 21h

I didn't take pics but the feeling of being in a group of people with no visible beginning or end was so thrilling. The opposite of online anomie, and a living counterpoint to the wary, isolated, compartmentalized world the shitheads want to make. It's simple and obvious I guess but it means a lot.

Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry to be corny but the aerial shots of these crowds are almost indescribably moving and hopeful

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22h

This is the biggest single day protest in US history.

Millions upon millions of people across the United States reject the Trump regime and fascism. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 22h

No Kings organizers say it would be easier if people just let them know if they did not attend a rally.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 22h

DC churches rang their bells in support of protestors today.

We must keep those bells of freedom ringing.

No Kings

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MoveOn @moveon.org · 22h

BREAKING: Our crowd count estimate from the No Kings coalition responsible for planning today’s event is 7 MILLION nationwide.

7 MILLION of you gathered across the country to peacefully protest today.

2 million more than the first No Kings action in June.

Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 22h

It's official. Nearly 7 million people. Today is the single largest day of protest in American history. Americans from all corners of the country are standing up and saying #NoKings. This is what peaceful, patriotic protest looks like.

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Andy Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ revkin.substack.com @revkin.bsky.social · 22h

There were many great moments at Ellsworth, Maine's #nokings rally, but I particularly like what was said by Indigenous language keeper Dwayne Tomah, director and curator of the Sipayik Museum and a past member of the Passamaquoddy Tribal Council.... #indigenous #maine

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

Abrams: The destination this nation was built on was a nation that sees all and serves all and stands for all. That's the destination. And yet we are living in a moment where ethno-fascists are in charge of the government…

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Colin Boyle @colinbphoto.bsky.social · 1d

The No Kings March in Chicago is one of the largest gatherings I’ve seen here. Looking down from by the river, the crowd stretches for blocks down Michigan Ave and wraps around Wacker Dr. This video is from a few minutes ago and the end of the protest is nowhere in sight.
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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 23h

I've been saying Boston won't take this shit.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:

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